Sarita Guillory's image in PHOTOFEST Annual Exhibition

Published November 4, 2014

Sarita Guillory’s image in PHOTOFEST Annual Exhibition

FSU Art MFA ’15 is accepted into COCA’s PHOTOFEST for the 3rd consecutive year. Sarita’s image titled, MY BLOCK was among the 33 photographs selected out of 158 qualified entries. The exhibition will take place in the Tallahassee Airport Art Gallery. It will run from November 19th 2014 to January 19th 2015. Amanda Thompson, Exhibition Director, will hold a public reception and award announcement on November 21st 2014 from 6pm to 7:30pm.

The image is an archival pigment print. The photograph depicts an altered memory of Sarita’s neighborhood from her early youth in Puerto Rico. The “environment” is made up from cinder blocks, twigs, clay, and actual plants. No digital alterations are done to her images and color corrections are merely applied when needed. Everything in the images exists on the stage when the photograph is being made. The paint, scratches, and lighting, all are present and composed to create a subtle multi-layered world. Sarita’s process attempts to bridge one of the gaps that exist between photography and painting.